Introducing The Masturbation Toolbox: A Celebration of Solo Play

We’re super excited to celebrate National Masturbation Month. Born in 1995 thanks to sex-positive icon Carol Queen and Good Vibrations (shout out to Bay Area sex-positive roots!), it was a bold response to the firing of U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, who dared to suggest that masturbation belongs in sex ed. (Spoiler: we agree.)

To honor that spirit, we created The Masturbation Toolbox, a free, playful guide to solo pleasure, packed with myth-busting, toy tips, playlists, and more. But to understand why a whole toolbox even feels necessary, it helps to know how we got here.

Masturbation has had a wild ride through history. The ancient Greeks? Pretty chill about it. Some early religions? Less so. Think guilt, sin, and a lot of side-eye. By the 18th and 19th centuries, Western doctors and clergy had worked themselves into a full panic, blaming masturbation for everything from blindness to insanity. The Victorians cranked it up even further, inventing all kinds of strange “cures” and devices to keep hands where they could see them. Fast forward to the 20th century, and things started to loosen up. Freud shrugged, the sexual revolution rolled in, but shame still lingered like an awkward party guest. Today, despite better sex ed and a wave of sex-positivity, many people are still shaking off centuries of cultural weirdness around solo pleasure — and in some circles, we’re even seeing a backlash to that progress.

That’s exactly why we made the Toolbox.

Masturbation isn’t just normal, it’s healthy, safe, and offers real benefits for mood, sleep, and stress.

So why not celebrate yourself?

Download The Masturbation Toolbox! & Your free, playful guide to solo pleasure, packed with myth-busting, lube + toy tips, techniques, playlists, and more.